Writings on Irish Folklore, Legend and Myth (häftad)
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Format
Häftad (Paperback / softback)
Språk
Engelska
Antal sidor
496
Utgivningsdatum
1993-07-01
Förlag
Penguin Classics
Medarbetare
Welch, Robert (introd.)/Welch, Robert (notes)
Dimensioner
197 x 132 x 37 mm
Vikt
351 g
Antal komponenter
1
Komponenter
xxxv, 457 p. ;
SAB
Mz
ISBN
9780140180015

Writings on Irish Folklore, Legend and Myth

av William Yeats
Häftad,  Engelska, 1993-07-01
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This collection brings together all of W. B. Yeatss published prose writings on Irish folklore, legend and myth, with pieces on subjects including ghosts, kidnappers, fairies, ancient tribes, precious stones and Gaelic love songs. Through his researches on Irish folklore, Yeats attempted to create a movement in literature that was enriched by and rooted in a vital native tradition. In this volume Yeatss essays, introductions and sketches are presented chronologically, giving a clear picture of how his analysis developed, increasing in its depth and complexity in his quest to create an Ireland of the imagination.
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W B Yeats (1865 - 1939) is one of the great and innovative poets of the twentieth century. Much of his most vigorous verse on love, sex, Irish and international politics, the complexities of the occult and the 'sedentary toil' of poetry was producedin the years between his fiftieth birthday in 1915 and his death in 1939.

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